INMO QUESTIONS

INMO(30th) 2015
Time 4 Hrs
Instructions:
Calculators (in any form) and protractors are not allowed.
Ruler and compass allowed.
Answer all the questions.
1. Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with B 90 0 . Let BD be the altitude from B on to AC. Let P,
Q and I be the incentres of triangles ABD, CBD and ABC respectively. Show that the circumcentre
of the triangle PIQ lies on the hypotenuse AC.
1
2. For any natural number n 1 , write the infinite decimal expansion
(for example, we write
n
1
0.4 9 as its infinite decimal expansion, not 0.5). Determine the length of the non-periodic part of
2
1
the (infinite) decimal expansion of .
n
3. Find all real function f : R R satisfying the relation: f ( x 2 yf ( x)) xf ( x y ) .
4. There are four basket-ball players A, B, C, D. Initially, the ball is with A. The ball is always passed
from one person to a different person. In how many ways can the ball come back to A after seven
passes?
(For
example
and
AC B D A BC A
A D A D C A B A are two ways in which the ball can come back to A after
seven passes.)
5. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral. Let the diagonals AC and BD intersect in P. Let PE, PF, PG
and PH be the altitudes from P on to the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Show that ABCD
1
1
1
1
has an incircle if and only if

.
PE PG PF PH
6. Show that from a set of 11 square integers one can select six numbers a 2 , b 2 , c 2 , d 2 , e 2 , f 2 such that
a 2 b 2 c 2 d 2 e 2 f 2 (mod 12) .

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Dr. Shyam Sundar Agrawal